When he was pouring violence onto that body just moments ago, there hadn’t been an ounce of hesitation.
No, not a shred of reason had existed.
He had simply acted as he pleased, like a beast.
He had choked Go Yeonwoo’s neck, broken his fingers, and snapped his ankles.
He had been so furious he couldn’t stand it.
He only had the desire to vent his fucked-up mood, which had been consumed by rage.
Driven out of his mind by the nonsense Seok Kiwoo had spewed.
This wasn’t like him. Han Jihyuk knew that much himself.
No, frankly speaking, he had never once acted like himself ever since he got entangled with Go Yeonwoo.
Go Yeonwoo, sprawled out unconscious right before his eyes, was the root cause of everything.
He had merely dealt with the root cause.
This was only natural for him.
Why?
Because Go Yeonwoo had killed Woo Jiyoo, who was his guide.
Because of that tragedy, he had lost Woo Jiyoo.
Dropping the hammer of justice on the root cause that made him lose Woo Jiyoo was nothing strange.
Right. He wasn’t in the wrong. The one in the wrong was entirely Go Yeonwoo—
“Damn it.”
A fierce curse burst from Han Jihyuk’s lips.
He simply couldn’t control his emotions.
What on earth was this fucked-up feeling that defied reason?
“Why am I acting like this just because some cock socket’s ankle got crippled……?”
His mood felt less like dirt and more like he was plunging headfirst off a cliff.
Even though Kim Sungchan hadn’t said it outright, Han Jihyuk knew.
That twisted ankle had no hope of ever recovering.
……Should he just kill him instead?
Han Jihyuk looked down at Go Yeonwoo’s neck, which had been cleaned up by Kim Sungchan’s treatment.
If he cut off that breath with his own hands, this fucked-up feeling might all vanish.
Right.
That was what he should do.
This time, he’d drop the hammer on the murdering bastard.
Exhaling a breath, Han Jihyuk reached out and grabbed Go Yeonwoo by the throat.
“……Hn-ah.”
At the faint moan that slipped out, Han Jihyuk’s hand flinched on its own.
It was to the point of being pathetic how his body reacted independently of his will.
Biting down hard on his lips soon after, Han Jihyuk poured strength into his grip.
Slowly, his fingers began to dig into the neck.
“Gack, hnn……”
Every time Go Yeonwoo let out a groan, his hand kept reacting.
Just as Han Jihyuk, desperately ignoring his flinching hand, was about to cut off Go Yeonwoo’s breath—
Crash!
Simultaneously with the door shattering to pieces, Kang Taewon rushed at Han Jihyuk.
Crack!
Grabbing Han Jihyuk by the collar and shoving him against the opposite wall, Kang Taewon snarled savagely.
“What the hell, have you lost your damn mind? You fucker, Han Jihyuk!”
Looking like he had half-lost his reason, Kang Taewon threw a punch without looking ahead.
Just as his fist was about to land squarely on Han Jihyuk’s face, Kang Taewon’s body floated up into the air and slammed hard onto the floor.
Though the floor cracked, Kang Taewon immediately hoisted his body up to counterattack.
Han Jihyuk blocked Kang Taewon’s kick with his elbow.
“W-What the hell! Damn it, what is this!”
Hearing the commotion, Kim Sungchan, who had rushed over frantically from the warehouse, burst into the room and shouted.
He was appalled by the scene unfolding before him.
The room was an absolute mess.
He had only stepped away for a few minutes, yet the walls and floor were gouged and cracked—a total disaster area.
No, that wasn’t the problem.
A patient was lying right there on the bed, and they were having a brawl in here?
Panicking that Go Yeonwoo might get unluckily caught in the crossfire, Kim Sungchan moved by hugging the wall tightly.
Just as Kim Sungchan managed to reach the bedside and tried to lift Go Yeonwoo’s body—
“Gack!”
Suddenly, Kim Sungchan’s body floated up into mid-air, and he choked and thrashed around.
Kang Taewon, in the middle of fighting Han Jihyuk, had grabbed him by the collar.
“You son of a bitch, where the fuck do you think you’re putting your hands? You wanna die, huh?”
“No, that’s not it—since you guys are fighting, I was trying to pull him out so he doesn’t get hurt—kgh!”
“How dare you, Han Jihyuk, touch my cock socket…….”
Amidst all that, Shin Heesung, stepping over the shattered door this time, glared at Han Jihyuk with a furious face and hurled an electric arrow at him.
Crushing the arrow with gravity, Han Jihyuk repeatedly blocked Shin Heesung’s attacks until, finally, Lee Dohoon made his appearance.
“What kind of absolute bullshit is going on here? Everyone, hm?”
At the sight of the ruined room, Lee Dohoon slowly curved the corners of his lips crookedly.
It took quite a long time for the situation to calm down.
Shin Heesung, having completely lost his mind, wouldn’t listen to a single person.
It was because he had completely lost his sanity over the fact that Han Jihyuk had tried to kill Go Yeonwoo.
Had Go Yeonwoo not shown the slightest sign of trying to regain consciousness, Shin Heesung would have continued attacking Han Jihyuk.
By the time Shin Heesung finally stopped fighting, the inside of the room was already completely devastated.
Shin Heesung dashed straight toward the bed—the only thing left intact in the broken, ruined room—and clung to Go Yeonwoo.
The fingertips that had been lying limp and unconscious twitched.
Go Yeonwoo, who was trying to wake up, was watched over by Shin Heesung without a single blink. His long eyelashes fluttered, and soon his dark pupils came into view.
He didn’t seem to have focused yet.
Shin Heesung, pressing his face in close, stared at Go Yeonwoo’s eyes as if licking them. It was a gaze that seemed to be verifying something.
“……Who am I?”
Shin Heesung asked with the look of someone afraid Go Yeonwoo might have forgotten him.
Go Yeonwoo, gazing blankly up at such a Shin Heesung, parted his lips.
But only a faint sound of breathing leaked out.
“Go Yeonwoo. Who am I?”
Even seeing Go Yeonwoo, whose mind was still hazy from having barely regained consciousness, Shin Heesung impatiently pressed him.
His drained lips moved sluggishly once more.
“……Seong.”
“Yeah. I’m listening.”
“Shin Heesung, right…….”
A powerless voice flowed from Go Yeonwoo’s lips.
It was a voice so precarious it felt as though it might extinguish at any second.
His face still looked devoid of energy despite having received treatment.
Kim Sungchan, who had barely been freed from Kang Taewon with Lee Dohoon’s help, stood before Go Yeonwoo looking a complete mess.
With his clothes and hair all torn up, he closely inspected Go Yeonwoo’s wretched state.
“You’re way too close. Step back. It’s unpleasant, you…….”
Despite Shin Heesung’s irritation-laced voice, Kim Sungchan didn’t pay it any mind.
Having already suffered once through Kang Taewon’s psychotic rampage, he had nothing left to lose.
Whether Shin Heesung grumbled or not didn’t matter to Kim Sungchan.
“Hey, Go Yeonwoo. How’s your body? Do you feel okay?”
“……I don’t know.”
Answering in a still-faint voice, Go Yeonwoo gave a small cough.
His Adam’s apple bobbed up and down several times as if his throat stung.
“Are you thirsty? Should I get you some water?”
